anaheim-gazette 1923-02-15

IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO Items of Local Interest Culled from the Files of Former Issues of This Paper From Gazette of Feb. 15, 1873 On Saturday night we were visited with another heavy shower of rain. The rain guage of Dr. Higgins showed 9-16 of an inch. The stated meeting of Anaheim lodge, No. 207, F. & A. M., takes place this evening. The circus fever is raging among our boys. They have erected a tent and will furnish amusement to the juvenile portion of our community at the low price of three pins. Deeds Fil-I—A. B. Chapman to Richard E. H., 40 acres in the Santa Ana rancho, for $400. John J. Weglein to H. D. Polhemus, 66 acres in township 43, range 10 west, for $1317. Mrs. E. Ross to William Bush, 20 acres in the vicinity of Santa Ana, for $500. Ward Bradford to M. H. Wright, 146 acres in Santiago de Santa Ana rancho, Los Angeles county, for $2,000. Alfred Robinson, trustee, to Jas. H. Pettit, 34 acres in Los Angeles county, for $575. Married—At the residence of the bride's father, near Richland, on January 29, by Rev. Thomas Brown, Jas. Huntington to Virginia Bowers. Married—At Richland school house, February 9, by Rev. Mr. Sleigh, Wm. Reeder to Mrs. Harlow. W. J. Gunnett, of Oakland, grand instructor of the order of Odd Feltorney for plaintiff and J. G. Howard for defendant. L. Halberstadt and Lew E. Smith, on behalf of the plaintiffs, testified to the delivery of lumber to the amount of $157.41. Defense brought forward a counter claim of $312.50. After a display of forensic eloquence the case was submitted to the jury, which brought in a verdict for the defendant, awarding him $102.50, being the amount claimed as balance due him. We are informed by Mr. French, agent for Irvine, Flint and Co., that the artesian well at the adobe station is a success. The well is one hundred and fifty feet in depth, and furnishes a flow of water sufficient for the use of fifteen thousand sheep. A large tract of valuable pasturage lying directly north of the station and herefore useless during the summer season on account of the scarcity of water, is by means, of the well, rendered available the whole year. Three years ago an attempt was made to sink a well about three miles from the station, but was abandoned as impracticable. Alfalfa and all kinds of garden seeds can be had at Steinhart and Bros. The name of Arizona City is to be changed to that of Yuma. A bill providing for the change has passed the council and it is said will pass the house. While it accepts bids its own exceptions, it be that a single candle represents an exclusive club without question; affair and its public concern continue to conment, as applause not so wise as unquestioned. Lawyers, late extent, the judge the idea of pee vote of the pro-demand for an resulted in co-justice. Such power in the diced or corruc-jurp free from dictated is a do-be an impossiRecords of les county shows a jury has stopped ten. Perk was for convictal. In either a clear showing quiring perfect ultimate freeholding of the be tried against ter expensive. It is believed serious crimes community destrotwo or three tion, and in the evidence as in observers. CURING Students of learned that a victim is destimina. All Married—At the residence of the bride's father, near Richland, on January 29, by Rev. Thomas Brown, Jas. Huntington to Virginia Bowers. Married—At Richland school house, February 9, by Rev. Mr. Sleigh, Wm. Reeder to Mrs. Harlow. W. J. Gunnett, of Oakland, grand instructor of the order of Odd Fellows, in a letter thus explains himself regarding his reception in Anaheim: "I hardly know what to make of the Odd Fellows in this part of the country. They can excel all others in the reception o fa stranger. To illustrate: Accompanied by Brosse Wartenburg, Benjamin Smith and five others, I held a session at Anaheim, and at the close of the meeting we were taken to the Planters' hotel kept by P. Gr. Fischer, where we sat down to as fine a dinner as I have ever seen, during which a band of music entertained us. Good cheer and a happy time generally was the word. All the lodges are flourishing here and I will state that this is the most beautiful part of California I have yet seen, and is well worth a visit to see the many attractions which abound in the vicinity of Los Angeles." George Miller, the proprietor of the Star restaurant, has been sued by Isaac Calisher for defamation of character. The damages are laid at $10,000. We received the Los Angeles Express of January 28th on Wednesday last. Twenty-seven miles in sixteen days is rather slow time in these days of fast travel. Considerable interest was manifested in the suit of Langenberger Blockman and Co. vs. S. Goldstein, and during the trial which took place yesterday before Judge Clark, the court room was crowded with spectators. The jury selected were Messrs. E. Evey, D. Evey, J. M. Gibson, J. Guinn, J. Taylor. Capt. H. M. Smith as attendant. SUBMERGED AND FORGOTTEN From twelve millions of organized workmen of Germany petition reaches the congress of the United States for help, "American honor asserted at this time," says the petition, "can save up and the world from inevitable disaster." The petition also offers the footnote of one meant the triumph of the other, the end of war, the beginning of a peace that it was fondly hoped would be lasting. That peace, grounded on terms hastily devised, was momentary. Now Europe teems with hostile factions. There is no real friendship between any two. Were the United States t ointerfere, it could have before serious crimes community deserved two or three tion, and in the evidence as in observers. The name of Arizona City is to be changed to that of Yuma. A bill providing for the change has passed the council and it is said will pass the house. The census taken by the county assessor of Arizona last year show the population of that territory to be 10,743. This is an increase from 1870 to 1872 of 1085. But a short time will elapse before politics will again become the absorbing topic of the day. Already the aspirants for the various offices are privately canvassing their friends in order to prevent them from committing themselves too hastily, and are using every effort to have their names brought prominently before the public as "the coming man." In this county the political parties are so evenly divided that the contest will be a very close one, and any strictly local measure, will posesss great weight in deciding the election. The citizens of Los Angeles county living south of the San Gabriel river, have been for several years in favor of a division of the county. Petitions were presented to the legislatures of 1870-72, asking that the division be made, but were acted upon unfavorably. Until this coming campaign the people south of the river have never rbeen in a position to compel either party to nominate on their regular ticket a candidate in favor of county division. They consider that in this election, they hold the balance of power, and will, therefore, demand the election of a member of the legislature in favor of county division and also that the member shall be selected from amongst themselves. Let Los Angeles bear this in mind: "We are more united than ever before, and we will ignore politics to insure the success of this measure." SUBMERGED AND FORGOTTEN From twelve millions of organized workmen of Germany petition reaches the congress of the United States for help. "American honor asserted at this time," says the petition, "can save up and the world from inevitable disaster." The petition also cites the fact of the German workmens' willingness to accept complete disarmament. It would be hard to imagine a greater depth of pathos. Germany, with all of Europe, apparently, rolls on towards destruction. Indications are for war, the paralysis of production and industry, the effacement of culture with every energy bent on making the world a place of horror and abiding hatred. Malignant greed, measureless stupidity, a cruelty that is beyond defining, a folly so gross that no word may be found to describe it, are the elements that give impetus to a movement in the presence of which humanity stands helpless, able only to frame useless protest. Europe seems to have elected ruin as its portion. If such is its choice to America is vain. This country could not stay the dreadful tide. It may deplore, it may pity, it may adjure. oing this, it seems unable to do more. If the spectacle of ruin shall be staged finally, mourning and appalled, the western continent will have no potency to prevent the culmination. America went once to the rescue of Europe. There was dire need and there was definite belief that interference would be effective, and so events proved. At that time Europe was divided into two factions. The defeat of one meant the triumph of the other, the end of war, the beginning of a peace that it was fondly hoped would be lasting. That peace, grounded on terms hastily devised, was momentary. Now Europe teems with hostile factions. There is no real friendship between any two. Were the United States to interfere, it could have before it the task of subduing all Europe. It would have to oppose its old allies and its former foes. The undertaking of the task is unthinkable. Moral suasion achieves nothing with a mob. Financial pressure could not be exercised. If Europe wants to fight, it can fight while there is forage in any field, or wealth to be footed. After the exhaustion of these supplies, Europe will be a chaos beyond redemption for many generations. Yet comes this petition, from the man who would have to do the fighting. They are not belligerent. They have no desire to kill or be killed at the behest of some sinister influence higher up. They have been submerged and by the politicians blindly bent on sending civilization crashing they have been forgotten, save as potential soldiers. A starving Europe is in prospect. When famished millions turn on their masters, that will be a fearful day. MAJORITY RULE The spirit of American institutions is expressed in the theory that the majority shall rule. To this even the minority assents, reserving the right to expand into a majority if it can. Mean- ANAHEIM GAZETTE while it accepts the inevitable and bides its own time. There are some exceptions. In exclusive clubs it may be that a single opposing vote will exclude a candidate. The jury system represents a second exception. The exclusive club may do as it pleases without question; the jury is a public affair and its effectiveness an intimate public concern. That it should continue to contravene ordinary sentiment, as applied to other matters, is not so wise a course as longer to pass unquestioned. Lawyers, laymen and to a marked extent, the judiciary, have endorsed the idea of permitting a three-fourths vote of the pury to be decisive. The demand for an unanimous verdict has resulted in countless miscarriages of justice. Such a demand places great power in the hands of a stupid, prejudiced or corrupt juror. To empanel a jurp free from all the weaknesses indicated is a difficult, and might easily be an impossible task. Records of the courts of Los Angeles county show that in case after case a jury has stood three to nine or two to ten. Perhaps the larger number was for conviction, perhaps for acquittal. In either contingency, there was a clear showing that the policy of requiring perfect agreement led to the ultimate freeing of the guilty, or the holding of the presumably innocent, to be tried again, and finally released after expensive and wearisome re-trial. It is believed that persons guilty of serious crimes have been loosed on the community despite the fact that all but two or three jurors voted for conviction, and in this were upheld by the evidence as interpreted by intelligent observers. CURING THE DRUG HABIT Students of the drug habit have learned that an early effect upon the victim is destruction of the moral stamina. All power to resist is lost, WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS Films starring a certain rotund individual, reported to have been worth $2,000,000 a year during the actor's popular days, have been definitely scrapped by the producing company. Another producer, in response to a request for ideas, received letters from 30,000 persons telling him they were tired of crime and sex plays and he has accepted the suggestion to film the Ten Commandments, saying it makes his greatest pictures. Massachusetts voters at the recent election rejected censorship of movies almost three to one. These straws make it clear that the public has higher ideals than it has generally been credited with.. While it does not favor the type of "plots" too often associated with screen plans: the Massachusetts incident also shows that it thinks public sentiment is the only censorship necessary or desirable. Film producers are awakening to the fact that they have misjudged the public and are seeking to correct the mistake. It has not been long since the notoriety attained in a trial like that of Arbuckle would have been considered valuable advertising. The people made it plain, however, in that case that they did not care to be asked to admire the art or laugh at the antics of a film actor, whom they knew, by his own confession, to be anything but an admirable character. The proprietors of his pictures have, therefore, scrapped them—a sensible procedure because it indicates that they have regard for the judgment of the public and because it will win their public confidence. The inquiring producer accepts the opinion of his 30,000 correspondents as the verdict of the people. They didn't want nasty sex plays, he finds; they would like to see pictured stories of domestic life in which unfaithfulness of husband or wife has no part. As a matter of fact, notwithstanding CURING THE DRUG HABIT Students of the drug habit have learned that an early effect upon the victim is destruction of the moral stamina. All power to resist is lost, and not only this, but all desire to resist, disappears. The addict has but a single purpose. This is to procure the drug. To such an end he is ready to steal or murder, doing either with a complete nonchalance that often is quite baffling to the observer. Recently a woman who had been in prison for violation of the narcotic law, and who long had been an addict, emerged apparently perfectly cured. She as glad to be free of the former bonds, and grateful for the jail sentence and the experience that freed her. She asserted that the cure was a very simple process. It consisted solely of deprivation of the poison to which her system had been accustomed. They put her where she couldn't get it. That was all. She suffered much distress for a time. Then her bodily strength began to return, and her will once more to function normally. The way for the victim ow drugs to quit is to quit. Usually the fact that he is unable to do so suggests the usefulness of putting him where he will have to quit regardless of his own wish at the moment. If he lives, he will be grateful. If he dies his fate is far less tragic than if he had regained liberty while still a devotee of the evil practice. Public opinion is like the wind—you know from what direction it is blowing today, but you cannot foretell the direction tomorrow. The inquiring producer accepts the opinion of his 30,000 correspondents as the verdict of the people. They didn't want nasty sex plays, he finds; they would like to see pictured stories of domestic life in which unfaithfulness of husband or wife has no part. As a matter of fact, notwithstanding that vicious plays sometimes prosper and low characters win success, the people taken as a whole admire neither. Take a cross-section of the American public and while you will find rotten spots here and there it is essentially sound and healthy. The movie people have not liked it that censors have been appointed in various states to look over the films before they are presented to the public and cut out such portions as are offensive to good taste. But now they are realizing that the censors, as a rule, really represent the people and that the latter are as much opposed as the censors to the presentation of pictures that may endanger the morals of the young or do violence to the sensibilities of refined persons. With this lesson learned the way is opened to the producers to give the public good pictures for which there will be no need of censorship. There is a wide field from which suitable subjects for what should be profitable movies may be selected. Phone 763-J2 ANAHEIM SANITARY DAIRY Fresh Milk. Morning and Evening Delivery. Quarts, 15c. Pints, 8c DR. CHAS S. O'TOOLE PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Rooms 206-207 First National Bank Building Anaheim, California Hours: 10-11; 1-4; 7-8 Office 333-J Residence 333-M Thirteenth National Orange Show Thirteenth National Orange Show San Bernardino, February 16-26 17-Feature Displays-17 Millions of oranges in rack exhibits Huge Industrial Department A Great Auto Show. 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